Plenocaris
| Plenocaris Temporal range:
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| Plate from Walcott, 1912 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Mandibulata |
| Order: | †Hymenocarina |
| Family: | †Waptiidae |
| Genus: | †Plenocaris Whittington 1974 |
| Species: | †P. plena
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| †Plenocaris plena Hou & Bergström 1997
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Plenocaris plena is a crustacean-like arthropod with a bivalved carapace, and is known from the Burgess shale[1] and Chengjiang.[2] Template:Gpb abundance
It probably lacked pleopods, but had uropods.[3]
References
- ^ Whittington, Harry B. (1974), "Yohoia Walcott and Plenocaris n. Gen., arthropods from the Burgess Shale, Middle Cambrian, British Columbia", Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin: 1–21
- ^ Hou, Xian-Guang; Bergström, J. (1997), "Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China", Fossils & Strata, 45, Scandinavian University Press: 116
- ^ Williamson, D. I.; Rice, A. L. (1996). "Larval Evolution in the Crustacea". Crustaceana. 69 (3): 267–287. doi:10.1163/156854096X00871.
Further reading
Briggs, D.E.G. (1983), Affinities and early evolution of the Crustacea: the evidence of the Cambrian fossils
External links
- Template:Burgess Shale species
- Image of Plenocaris fossil
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